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CVE-2015-3643

HighPublished

usb-creator before 0.2.38.3ubuntu0.1 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, before 0.2.56.3ubuntu0.1 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, before 0.2.62ubuntu0.3 on Ubuntu 14.10, and before...

Published: Sep 27, 2017
Updated: Aug 6, 2024
Assigning CNA: mitre
Evidence observed: Apr 23, 2015

Primary CVSS

7.8/ 10High

nvd · CVSS 3.0

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS probability estimate

1.2%

Low · next 30 days

Percentile: 67.3%
Model date: Sep 21, 2026

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Summary

usb-creator before 0.2.38.3ubuntu0.1 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, before 0.2.56.3ubuntu0.1 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, before 0.2.62ubuntu0.3 on Ubuntu 14.10, and before 0.2.67ubuntu0.1 on Ubuntu 15.04 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging a missing call check_polkit for the KVMTest method.

Sources

usb-creator 0.2.x (Ubuntu 12.04/14.04/14.10) - Local Privilege EscalationExploit
Tavis Ormandy · linux · Apr 23, 2015

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